EPISODE #28: Climate and Energy Policy with Richard Merzian from the Australian Institute. Richie Merzian is the inaugural Climate & Energy Program Director at The Australia Institute. Richie is a former Australian Government representative to the UN climate change conference and worked at the Department of Climate Change and the Department of Foreign Affairs for almost a decade on both domestic and international climate and energy agendas.
We speak with him about Australia’s attitudes towards climate change and energy, assessing the fairness of emissions targets, hydrogen, and coal. It was great to speak with him and listen to this podcast on Spotify or Apple podcasts. 
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Outline of Podcast:

0:00 - Introduction

10:41 - Intro to Richie

13:06 - The fallacy of coal providing stable jobs

16:42 - How to respond to people who claim coal is important for the economy

17:41 - Jobs generated by Renewable Energy

19:14 - Why are we not transitioning to Renewables quicker?

21:11 - Hydrogen

23:20 - Carbon Capture Storage

31:15 - Individual Impact

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